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Sichuanchelyidae ✝

Description

Sichuanchelyidae is a family of extinct turtles in the Testudinata.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8494355https://www.gbif.org/species/8494355
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)253377https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=253377
Rankfamily (GBIF)
unranked clade (PBDB)
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Sichuanchelyidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudinata : Sichuanchelyidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
-Testudinata
-PerichelydiaJoyce 2017
familySichuanchelyidae
Scientific NameSichuanchelyidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sichuanchelyidaefamilybelongs to Testudinatastated with evidenceTong et al., 2012
Sichuanchelyidaeunranked cladebelongs to Perichelydiastated with evidenceJoyce, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
First Recorded Appearance164 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. Tong, I. Danilov, and Y. Ye, H. Ouyang, G. -Z. Peng. 2012. Middle Jurassic turtles from the Sichuan Basin, China: a review. Geological Magazine 149(4):675-695
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuanchelyidae

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Mongolochelys
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1283.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sichuanchelys
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
6164 Ma
Middle Jurassic
164 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2012Sichuanchelyidae Tong et al. pp. 684-685
2016Sichuanchelyidae Joyce et al.
2017Sichuanchelyidae Joyce

References

Tong H., Danilov I., et al (2012) Middle Jurassic turtles from the Sichuan Basin, China: a review, Geological Magazine 149 4, 675-695 doi:10.1017/S0016756811000859
Joyce W. G., Rabi M., et al (2016) A toothed turtle from the Late Jurassic of China and the global biogeographic history of turtles, BMC Evolutionary Biology 16 236, 1-29 doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0762-5
Joyce W. G. (2017) A Review of the Fossil Record of Basal Mesozoic Turtles, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58 1, 65-113 doi:10.3374/014.058.0105
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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